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A Quiz for Chapter 35 in the 16th Edition of the American Pageant.
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1
What signaled the United States' financial commitment to help rebuild Europe?
NSCS-68
United Nations
Marshall Plan
Fair Deal
2
Who believed that U.S. was being infiltrated by Communists during the 2nd Red Scare?
Mr. Aguinaga
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas McArthur
FDR
3
What were the most well known, mass-produced suburbs called?
SuburbTowns
The Boomig Burbs
Baby Boom Housing
Levittown
4
What region of the country increased its population at a rate of double of the old industrial zones of the Northeast?
The Old South
Sunbelt
Rustbelt
The Great Northwest
5
What signaled the start of dramatic increases in military spending?
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
NSC-68
6
What enabled 8 million returning WWII veterans to further their education?
Baby Boom
Civil Rights Act
GI Bill
NSC-68
7
What showed the United States was willing to commit militarily to the countries of Western Europe?
Yalta Conference
NATO
Marshall Plan
United Nations
8
After this country became communist in 1949, the United States worried that containment was already failing.
Vietnam
China
Korea
Laos
9
What is the main purpose of the United Nations?
To prevent World Wars and maintain international peace
To keep peace with Russia
To support countries going through war
10
What was the generation called that was born in the decade and a half after 1945?
The Silent Generation
Millenials
Generation X
Baby Boomers
11
What was The Fair Deal?
Aimed to facilitate international law, and human rights
Called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment
An alliance to defend other countries if they were attacked
Called for universal healthcare across the United States.
12
What first signaled that the United States was making a sweeping commitment to stop the spread of communism?
The United Nations
NSC-68
Truman Doctine
Fair Deal
13
Senator McCarthy's anticommunist crusade ended when he
maliciously and recklessly attacked the U.S. Army for sheltering communists
alleged that there were communists in Hollywood. .
alleged that there were communists in the Foreign Service.
began to attack the personal integrity of General George C. Marshall.
14
What was the main priority of the Yalta Conference?
to sign a peace treaty
Establish a framework by which nuclear weapons could be used.
Discuss the war in the Pacific Theater
to divide German territories amongst the allied forces
15
What was Truman's plan for domestic reform called?
New Frontier
Great Society
Fair Deal
New Deal
